Digital BW, The Print

The 2200 could be a major step toward combining b/w and color 
in one printer, but it will be at a price.  I saw on one preview that 
an 11X14 print is estimated to use $4.00 in ink.   That is not 
cheap.  

I've been using a 2000P and 1160 CFS side by side for the past 
year.  One years worth of ink for the 2000P has cost me over 
$1000.  The 1160 has cost me about $200 in bottled ink and 
parts.  Advantage MIS.  The problem is that the 1160 is often 
clogging or losing vacuum.  The 2000P continually delivers 
without much head alignment or maintainance.  For problem 
free use, Epson gets my thumbs up.

Single ink cartridges have many advantages, but even the 7000 
still has almost half the ink in the cartridge when it reads empty.  
On my 2000P there may not be enough ink for a cleaning cycle, 
but there is still enough ink to print a dozen 8X10s.  I don't know 
what the theory is in not letting carts get emptier.  On my 2000P, 
when I am using black ink only, I have to change color carts every 
four black ink carts.  That's color ink lost in start-up cleaning 
cycles alone.  Even with these inherent problems with Epson 
products, I'll give individual ink carts the advantage.

That said,  I don't want to be the default beta tester for Epson's 
2200.  I was one of the first to buy the 2000P and the 
metamerism problems depressed me for months.  Now, two 
years later, Epson has finally improved the 2000P driver to 
reduce this problem.  I'll check the user comments on lists like 
this before I jump on the 2200 bandwagon.

Frank

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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Lloyd O'Daniel" 
<lodaniel@b...> wrote:
> Bob,
>  
> As a former choir director's son, I can relate. ;-)
>  
> Lloyd
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Frost [mailto:bobfrost@b...] 
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 1:14 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Epson 2200 (Was: You want deep 
black?)
> 
> 
> Lloyd,
> 
> When I was a choirboy (many years ago) we either went to 
sleep during
> the
> sermons, read a book, or played various games. We certainly 
didn't
> listen to
> the sermon!!
> 
> Bob Frost.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lloyd O'Daniel" <lodaniel@b...>
> 
> 
> > Keith,
> >
> > You're preaching to the choir. :-)
> >
> >
> 
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